Background

I have been a full-time faculty member at the College
of DuPage since 1979. Several years before that I was a
student at COD. In the years since, I have seen the
college grow from a few temporary buildings and a pig
barn (the original bookstore) to the largest
single-campus community college in the nation. Those
changes have been dramatic. As a student I parked in a
gravel lot that turned into a swamp (while I was in
class) when the snow melted in spring. Now we finally
seem to have parking for all. Way back then there were
two faculty members in a tiny little office; now we have
our own and some, like mine, have windows (O.K., it
overlooks a parking lot and doesn't open, but at least
there is something to look at.) Some things haven't
changed, however. When I first enrolled at COD I did so
on computers, COD being one of the first schools to use
this then-new technology. Today we are still employing
computers in new ways. Sometimes that is in the
classroom, sometimes here on the Internet. Whatever the
future holds, I'm sure COD will be there.

Teaching & Working

I began at the College of DuPage teaching Radiography
(X-ray Technology). Within a couple of years, I became
the Radiography Program Director, a position I held for
eight years, until I asked to switch to Business (I have
far too many interests for one lifetime). During my time
in Radiography, I revised the curriculum twice and went
on to teach radiographic anatomy, positioning, trauma
radiography, patient care, radiographic exposure, current
trends, the working environment (organizational
behavior), film critique, and the registry review. (The
registry is the board certification exam for
radiographers.) After eleven years in the radiography
program, which came to receive maximum accreditation
without even so much as a suggestion for improvement, it
was time to tackle something new. Since Business
Administration had always been my other major personal
and academic interest, I requested and was granted a
change.

Now in the Business/Marketing/Management discipline, I
typically teach one or two of these classes in the
classroom every quarter:

Introduction to Business

Supervision

Principles of Marketing

Principles of Management

part of the Business Simulation.

I also teach Supervision over the
Internet, as part of COD's on-line Supervision
Certificate, and Marketing 2210, Principles of Marketing over the
Internet.

The Business Simulation, which I created, is actually
a group of six (out of nine) courses that are taught
together. This is a human simulation (as opposed to a
computer simulation), where the class creates a business
during the course of one quarter. There are usually six
students in each of the six courses. The students in each
course form that particular department in our business.
For example, the principles of marketing students form
the Marketing Department in the business. In this way we
can offer students more courses at more times without
increasing costs. Throughout the year we rotate these
nine courses through the simulation: Management,
Marketing, Sales, Advertising, Human Resources, Finance,
Production Management, Retailing, and
Business-to-Business Marketing. With six of these
courses, and thirty-six students in each simulation, we
need two faculty members in each of the four simulations
we offer. I usually teach with Nancy Payne or Phyllis
Goodman. The Simulation courses I usually teach include
Marketing, Management, Advertising, and Human Resources,
although I have taught Sales, Production Management,
Retailing, and Finance.

In addition to teaching, I was a Co-Director and
developer of the Innovation
Incubator at the College of DuPage. In the summer I have been a project manager for the
College's Instructional Design office.

Awards & Honors

I have won a few awards and received a few honors
along the way, including these

Two of these awards are especially important to me.
The first is the Outstanding Teacher award because one
must be nominated students, then selected by a committee
of students, faculty, administrators, and alumni. The
second is the Excellence in Teaching/Learning Award. I
received this for creating the Business Simulation, and
this was the first time anyone from the College of DuPage
has received this award.

Personal

I have an absolutely wonderful wife who, besides being
an excellent mother, is a stained-glass artist. We have
three terrific boys. As a family we all enjoy our two Bernese
Mountain Dogs, 5 birds, and one cat.

I like woodworking (especially woodturning), the Chicago Bears, reading (especially
about World War II), and
I've played the drums for many years. I have played in
concert bands, stage bands, orchestras, rock bands, and
even in COD's marching band!